Seminar Schedule

Looking to attend geology and environmental sciences seminars? The department sponsors several seminars throughout the year, bringing notable speakers from around the country. Check out the seminar schedule below for this year’s presentations.

Seminars take place Fridays at 3 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) at the locations noted in the schedule below. Seminars are free and open to the public. Please direct any questions about this schedule to the seminar coordinator, Miki Nakajima by email at mnakajima@rochester.edu.



Fall 2025
(Every Friday at 3 p.m. unless otherwise noted)
DateLocationSpeakerTopic

September 12

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

Kari Holmes and

91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳

Advancing radioisotope methods to further investigatecoastal carbon cycling.

September 26

Lander Auditorium, 140 Hutchison Hall

Jim Kaste

William & Mary

Bombs & the Bees:  The Long Legacy of Nuclear Pollution in Today's Environment.

October 3

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

Mariya Cyriac

91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳

Adsorption coefficients of radioisotopes on microplastics:  Insights from controlled lab experiments and natural aquatic samples.

October 17

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

Dustin Harper

University of Utah

Reconstructing early Cenozoic Climate and atmospheric CO2 with Bayesian forward proxy system models.

October 24

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

Andrew Manning

RIT

TBD

October 31

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

Nicole Nie

MIT

Isotopic Insights into Lunar Volatile Depletion and Surface Evolution.

November 7

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

Tushar Mittal

Penn State University

Understanding the climate impacts of Continental Flood basalt volcanism: A multi-disciplinary perspective.

November 14

10:00am - 11:00am

Lander Auditorium, 140 Hutchison Hall

Jie Deng

Princeton

Exploring the Hidden Interiors of Super-Earths

November 14

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

Jie Deng

Princeton

Mantle heterogeneities originated from the Earth's core:  A new Model

November 21

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

Nadja Drabon

Harvard

TBD

December 5

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

Yoseph Dres

91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳

Understanding the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly Evolution and its relationship with Earth's Deep Interior:  Evidence from Archeomagnetism and Paleomagnetism.